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Utenzi or utend̠i is a form of
narrative poetry in Swahili. Its name
derives from the fact that it
usually describes heroic deeds, like the
medieval European...
- Utend̠i wa Tambuka, also
known as
Utenzi wa
Tambuka ("The
Story of Tambuka"),
Utenzi wa
Hirqal or Kyuo kya Hereḳali (the book of Heraclius), is an epic...
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Utenzi wa
Shufaka (Swahili: "Poem of Mercifulness") is an
utenzi (classical
narrative poem) in
Swahili literature. It is
composed of 285
stanzas of four...
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Retrieved 17
August 2013. SOAS:
Swahili M****cripts Project. "Item
Record (
Utenzi wa Hirqal)". London:
School of
Oriental and
African Studies.
Entry "Scope...
- of
narrative poetry,
known as
utenzi,
include the
Utendi wa
Tambuka by
Bwana Mwengo (dated to
about 1728) and the
Utenzi wa Shufaka. Use of
Swahili prose...
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implications in Uganda.
Henry R.
Muhanika published an
Utenzi poetic account of the war in 1981,
Utenzi wa vita vya
Kagera na
anguko la Idi Amin Dada. In 1980...
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novelist and essayist. His
works include Maisha yangu (My Life) and the poem
Utenzi wa Vita vya
Uhuru (An Epic in the War for Freedom).
Muhammed Said Abdulla...
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
Abdalla has
since taught Swahili at
Leipzig University.
Utenzi wa
maisha ya
Adamu na
Hawaa (1971)
Sauti ya
Dhiki (1973)
Akyeampong & Gates...
- One of the
oldest surviving m****cripts in Swahili, an epic poem
titled Utenzi wa
Tambuka (The
story of Tambuka), is
written at the
Royal Court of Pate...
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Tungo za
Visiwani (Collection of
poetry in Swahili, OCLC 225588833, 1994)
Utenzi wa visa vya
Nabii Suleiman bi
Daudi ("The Epic of
Prophet Suleiman, Son...
